Automatic semantic priming of nouns and verbs in patients with Alzheimer's disease

Neuropsychologia

Volumn 35, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 1059-1067

  Bushell, Camille M ^a   Martin, Alex ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Aphasia; Category specific deficits; Language; Semantic memory

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; SEMANTICS; VERBAL MEMORY;

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE DISORDERS; MALE; READING; SEMANTICS;

EID: 0030860664     PISSN: 00283932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0028-3932(97)00046-8     Document Type: Article

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